Coinduction of nitric oxide synthase and arginine metabolic enzymes in endotoxin-induced uveitis rats. 2002

Takahisa Koga, and Yasuo Koshiyama, and Tomomi Gotoh, and Naoko Yonemura, and Akira Hirata, and Hidenobu Tanihara, and Akira Negi, and Masataka Mori
Department of Molecular Genetics, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan.

The regulation of expression of the arginine-recycling enzymes and arginase isoforms in association with inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the eye of endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) rats is investigated. An animal model of EIU was created in Wistar rats by intravitreal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). mRNAs for argininosuccinate synthase (AS) and arginase I as well as for iNOS, measured by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), were induced in the eye of EIU rats. iNOS mRNA increased markedly 3 hr after injection, reached a maximum at 6-12 hr, and then decreased at 24 hr. AS mRNA remained little change at 3 hr and increased maximally at 6 hr (by about 3.3-fold), whereas arginase I mRNA increased later and reached a maximum at 12 hr (by about 4.2-fold). iNOS, AS, and arginase I proteins were also induced. AL and arginase II mRNAs remained little changed. In immunohistochemical analysis, iNOS, AS and arginase I were almost colocalized in infiltrated inflammatory cells in the vitreous, iris, ciliary body and inner layers of the retina. In conclusion, AS and arginase I are coinduced with iNOS in infiltrated inflammatory cells in the eyes of EIU rats, and may regulate NO production by changing intracellular concentration of arginine.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008070 Lipopolysaccharides Lipid-containing polysaccharides which are endotoxins and important group-specific antigens. They are often derived from the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria and induce immunoglobulin secretion. The lipopolysaccharide molecule consists of three parts: LIPID A, core polysaccharide, and O-specific chains (O ANTIGENS). When derived from Escherichia coli, lipopolysaccharides serve as polyclonal B-cell mitogens commonly used in laboratory immunology. (From Dorland, 28th ed) Lipopolysaccharide,Lipoglycans
D008297 Male Males
D009569 Nitric Oxide A free radical gas produced endogenously by a variety of mammalian cells, synthesized from ARGININE by NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE. Nitric oxide is one of the ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS released by the vascular endothelium and mediates VASODILATION. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, induces disaggregation of aggregated platelets, and inhibits platelet adhesion to the vascular endothelium. Nitric oxide activates cytosolic GUANYLATE CYCLASE and thus elevates intracellular levels of CYCLIC GMP. Endogenous Nitrate Vasodilator,Mononitrogen Monoxide,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium-Derived,Nitrogen Monoxide,Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide,Monoxide, Mononitrogen,Monoxide, Nitrogen,Nitrate Vasodilator, Endogenous,Nitric Oxide, Endothelium Derived,Oxide, Nitric,Vasodilator, Endogenous Nitrate
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D004790 Enzyme Induction An increase in the rate of synthesis of an enzyme due to the presence of an inducer which acts to derepress the gene responsible for enzyme synthesis. Induction, Enzyme
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001119 Arginase A ureahydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine or canavanine to yield L-ornithine (ORNITHINE) and urea. Deficiency of this enzyme causes HYPERARGININEMIA. EC 3.5.3.1. Arginase A1,Arginase A4,Hepatic Proliferation Inhibitor,Liver Immunoregulatory Protein,Liver-Derived Inhibitory Protein,Liver-Derived Lymphocyte Proliferation Inhibiting Protein,Immunoregulatory Protein, Liver,Inhibitor, Hepatic Proliferation,Inhibitory Protein, Liver-Derived,Liver Derived Inhibitory Protein,Liver Derived Lymphocyte Proliferation Inhibiting Protein,Proliferation Inhibitor, Hepatic,Protein, Liver Immunoregulatory,Protein, Liver-Derived Inhibitory
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate
D001124 Argininosuccinate Synthase An enzyme of the urea cycle that catalyzes the formation of argininosuccinic acid from citrulline and aspartic acid in the presence of ATP. Absence or deficiency of this enzyme causes the metabolic disease CITRULLINEMIA in humans. EC 6.3.4.5. Argininosuccinate Synthetase,Synthase, Argininosuccinate,Synthetase, Argininosuccinate
D012333 RNA, Messenger RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm. Messenger RNA,Messenger RNA, Polyadenylated,Poly(A) Tail,Poly(A)+ RNA,Poly(A)+ mRNA,RNA, Messenger, Polyadenylated,RNA, Polyadenylated,mRNA,mRNA, Non-Polyadenylated,mRNA, Polyadenylated,Non-Polyadenylated mRNA,Poly(A) RNA,Polyadenylated mRNA,Non Polyadenylated mRNA,Polyadenylated Messenger RNA,Polyadenylated RNA,RNA, Polyadenylated Messenger,mRNA, Non Polyadenylated

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